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Emrys Francys
@ryaloren.bsky.social
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Queer nb fantasy author born 6 months into the 90s. I have 2 cats, an endless TBR, and sensory sensitivities.

The Cogs Turn Quietly - editing
The Pearl - editing

User picture and banner designed by the amazing @felinefero.bsky.social
Another exceptional, thought-provoking piece of writing from #themanchestermill.

This is exactly the kind of journalism we should be seeing after events like last week's heinous attack.

manchestermill.co.uk/jews-and-mus...
Jews and Muslims in North Manchester: A personal story
‘We thought we were the luckiest people in the world to be born in Manchester’
manchestermill.co.uk
October 5, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Another one I'm looking to work through out of time 😅 At this rate, I'll be doing more social media responding than actual editing
Hey there #WritingCommunity!
Next month I'll be hosting #MythAugust, a worldbuilding prompt game.

Have a fantasy religion you really want to yap about?

Want to build a fantasy religion but don't know where to start?

Either way, this game is for you! Hope you'll join in ☺️
#Writers #Writesky
August 29, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Absolutely STUNNING article from Lucy Warm in the Manchester Mill yesterday. This publication has single-handedly rekindled my faith in journalism!

manchestermill.co.uk/the-big-dyke...

#journalismdonewell #manchestermill #lgbtqia+ #queer
The big dyke takeover
On the rise and rise of Diesel Dyke Club
manchestermill.co.uk
August 14, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Hell yes, Hiria!! Excited to do #pretendpanel again (late, as always), so I'm dropping it here for the ease of future me
August #pretendpanel is here, friends! Tell me all about where your writing and reading align... and where they don't!
August 12, 2025 at 11:40 AM
I'm looking to get back into teaching and would love to learn from anyone who has attended a creative writing course, class or workshop:

What were some of the most and least useful aspects of those sessions, for you?

#writing #learning #teaching #workshopping #writer #author
August 12, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I now have so many changes I'd like to make to my manuscript, it's probably going to be unrecognisable once I'm done.

Actually #editingmynovel is a steep ass learning curve!

#writer #fantasywriting #queerwriting #neurodivergentwriting
August 10, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Any #adhd, #autistic and #audhd #creatives got any hints and tips for being #productive?

I need a schedule to stay on track (and limit hyperfixation), but to make a schedule I must schedule time for making the schedule, which requires a working schedule. So I've been playing Cyberpunk 2077 instead.
July 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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I made these comics for Uni and they feel especially relevant for what's happening in the UK

I'm a trans person, we do so many other things than peacefully use public toilets but when that's all they focus on, they can't see that we're people

#transrights #lgbtqcomic #comic #art #lgbtq #webcomic
April 18, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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If you like surreal, short, bizarre walking sim type games, I collaborated with Freshly Baked Games to make a game based on some Red Vox stuff. They did a really amazing job with it. Plus, it's free!

store.steampowered.com/app/3692660/...
The New Flesh on Steam
Explore the strange world within the screen in this ambient exploration experience featuring the music of Red Vox.
store.steampowered.com
June 3, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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🏳️‍⚧️ New comic posted 🏳️‍🌈
(Available on both Webtoon & Tapas)

My poor guy really goes through it on work days.
RIP in peace, Delta's sleep schedule 🥲

www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/th...

#lgbtqcomics #lgbtqart #queer #art #comic #thenightshift #supernaturalcomics #happypride #webcomic
The Night Shift - Day in the Life: Delta #5
(LGBTQ+) Delta is a fan of the night, he usually spends it up and enjoying the surreal feeling of 'being the only person in the world'. However, being an adult is tough, bills need paying and the only...
www.webtoons.com
June 5, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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I have two cats in my house. One is elegant, the other is whatever the fuck this thing is. They're both arseholes.

I love them both equally 🖤
#cats #blackcat #housepanthers
July 5, 2025 at 7:17 AM
I FINISHED THE FIRST DRAFT

I finished the first draft

Now to ignore it for a couple of weeks before I start ✨ e d i t i n g ✨

#fantasy #queerwriter #novel #writing #editing
April 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Update: Nothing. But also something.

I have received no answer, despite a couple of resends and waiting a respectable period between each. I think we can safely say we're not going to get anything back.

Which means that sadly I will have to move my work away from this app.
For those who don't know, Quietly is currently on hiatus due to data-scraping concerns. In the interest of getting it back up ASAP, I have just sent an email to the site I was posting it to, asking a few questions about their AI policies and toolkit.
March 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I don't care if I'm basically a fan account at this point, this painting is gorgeous. The details on those tattoos is chef's kiss. I am in love
So, I never really work with paints anymore, so I'm a bit out of practice, but I painted this!
It's very thin washes of gouache (cus thick paint is hard).
Another OC, his name is Sakurai, he's a merman 🏳️‍🌈

#lgbtqart #art #painting #gouache #illustration #queerartist #tattoos #irezumi
February 25, 2025 at 3:44 AM
I think I've cracked it. I think the reason I'm having such difficulty writing this bit is because it's the end. Endings have always caused me issues

#writers #writingcommunity #audhd
February 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I just have to share this. The latest version is also my phone's lock screen because... well, just Look At Him.
Was talking about the importance of sharing progress when it comes to creative things with @ryaloren.bsky.social and now I want to show this comparison of my OC, Avian.
First from 2017, second from 2021, and the third for 2024.

#art #progress #drawing #drawthisagain #fantasyart #csp
February 19, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I'm at the end of my tether, here. Does anybody have any tips for organising creative work and staying on top of it?

Bonus kudos if they're made with AuDHD in mind!

#writers #writingcommunity #audhd #asd #adhd
February 16, 2025 at 11:40 PM
This is so cute. Loved watching it take shape in real time while pretending I was watching the landscape go by haha
It's that time again, OC time.
@ryaloren.bsky.social and my OCs, just some train trip doodles!

Drawing for more that 2 seconds with pencil for the first time years has been weirdly freeing 💜

...Do I need to start collecting art supplies again?

#lgbtqart #art #pencilsketch #oc #doodle #queerart
February 12, 2025 at 2:46 AM
#pretendpanel

Ah... watch this space, I guess!

I can't really do this social media thing, but I'm dedicated to trying so I can make this work. #Bluesky is a great platform so far. I hope that the changes it goes through as it grows don't take it to that familiar place everything else has gone to.
#pretendpanel will return tomorrow in a new format. But for now, let's close out the month as planned...

January 31st: How do you close your panel? e.g. plugs, acknowledgements

#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
February 1, 2025 at 1:49 AM
#pretendpanel

I'll finish Quietly, edit it, use its finished form to inform the plans for the rest of the series, post it online, then write the rest of the series to completion.

I'll probably have to monetise it in some way so I can afford to keep writing, but that's a problem for another day.
I'm late to #pretendpanel cos I stayed out til 9pm with my 5yo in Wellington, playing with the Bucket Fountain. If you don't know it, look it up, it's a wonder of the world 😅

January 30th: What do you see in the future for your writing career?

#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
February 1, 2025 at 12:41 AM
#fantasyindiesJanuary #queerwriters
I'm writing high fantasy in a "pastel-steampunk" setting. Multiple different perspectives weave together the story of a city on the brink of revolution.

I write exclusively LGBT+ characters.

The first instalment should be available on RoyalRoad before midsummer.
#fantasyindiesJanuary

Yeah I'm late to the game but time is a concept and this looks like fun, so I'm going to be cramming all my answers into the next few days because time may be a concept, but it's one I believe in and January is coming to an end.
January 31, 2025 at 11:44 PM
#fantasyindiesJanuary
30. It depends on where I am and what I'm doing. If I'm drawing or walking, audiobook; if I'm writer-researching or chilling with a brew, physical copy; if it's nonfiction, ebook (for easier note-taking)
#fantasyindiesJanuary

Yeah I'm late to the game but time is a concept and this looks like fun, so I'm going to be cramming all my answers into the next few days because time may be a concept, but it's one I believe in and January is coming to an end.
January 30, 2025 at 5:14 AM
#pretendpanel

The House in the Cerulean Sea - TJ Klune (honestly, we all need this in our lives)
Literally anything by Ursula K LeGuin, sci-fi or fantasy (my absolute monarch of the genres)
Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones (Quincy has been compared to Howl)
Pro-tip #2, #pretendpanel, add the hashtag to your quotepost so that others can see it when they search. If you don't, the only person who'll definitely see it is me. I want you to have more ✨visibility✨!

Jan 29: Recommended reading for your fans

#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
January 30, 2025 at 5:10 AM
#fantasyindiesJanuary

28. Taru's goals shift from escapism to activism; Quincy's aren't quite so clear
29. See image: I have several, (including one that's almost exclusively NIN instrumentals) but here's 9 tracks from my 58 track "Write - General" playlist
January 29, 2025 at 3:20 AM
#pretendpanel

If your MC was a musical instrument, which would they be and why?

#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #writingPrompts
Authors who ask their fellow panelists a question look cool, supportive and engaged (if it's that sort of panel).
Two ways to do this:
1) Tag another author on #pretendpanel and ask them a specific question
2) Ask the panel a question for anyone!
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
January 29, 2025 at 2:58 AM